F1 2017 review: Eight tales from the season, including world champion Lewis Hamilton finding peace at last

The F1 season finishes today having thrown up some superb stories - and none better than the Briton's title quest. Oliver Brown reviews the twists, the turns and the highlights of a truly memorable championships.

Hamilton has found peace at last

Long a complex and confounding figure, Lewis Hamilton finds that a fourth world title has brought a certain serenity. For the first time he can savour that euphoric, weightless sensation of having nothing to prove. Now that he has broken all the records of his idol Ayrton Senna, anything else is embroidery. “I always said that I would like to do something similar to Ayrton, to put the car in the same places he did,” he reflected. A year ago in Abu Dhabi, he was a study in seething truculence, losing the championship to Nico Rosberg despite his best efforts to back up his nemesis into the traffic behind. This time, he exudes end-of-term contentment,...